{"id":202133,"date":"2016-03-27T19:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T19:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=202133"},"modified":"2016-03-27T19:00:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-27T19:00:12","slug":"pope-francis-condemns-failure-help-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/pope-francis-condemns-failure-help-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis condemns failure to help migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pope Francis has condemned those who fail to help migrants, during his traditional Easter speech in Rome.<\/p>\n
The Pope said migrants often met “rejection from those who could offer them welcome and assistance”.<\/p>\n
He also condemned terrorism as “a blind and brutal violence” that should be fought with “weapons of love”.<\/p>\n
The Pope was delivering his “urbi et orbi” (To the city and the world) message to thousands amid tight security in St Peter’s Square.<\/p>\n
Syrian prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n
The Pope said: “The Easter message of the risen Christ… invites us not to forget those men and women seeking a better future, an ever more numerous throng of migrants and refugees… fleeing from war, hunger, poverty and social injustice.<\/p>\n